Queensland drought: Barnaby Joyce

The government has announced it will provide a further $40 million worth of loans to farmers in NSW and Queensland, on top of a drought assistance package that included $280 million worth of concessional loans to help people stay on their farms.

On Wednesday we heard from the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, about the mental and financial toll the drought's taking on farming families in Queensland and NSW.

With more than 80 per cent of Queensland drought-declared and many farmers still reeling from the previous drought, there are reports of more farmers and banks in mediation trying to stop foreclosures.